Jump-seat



(No Model.)

G. H. HUTTON.

JUMP SEAT. No. 342,964. PatentedJune 1,1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT Games.

GEORGE H. HUTTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

JUM P-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,964, dated June1,1886.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HUTTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in J ump- Seats, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to jump-seats for vehicles, and is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the twoseats in the position they occupywhen both are in use. Fig. 2 shows theposition when only the rear seat is in use. Fig. 3 is a side view of thefront seat-standard and sill-plate, the stop-lever being removed. Fig. 4isa section showing the joint or pivot of front seat-standard to thesillplate. Fig. 5 shows two views of the stoplever which is pivoted inconnection with the front seat-standard. Fig. 6 is a view of the frontstandard of the rear seat.

The letter A designates the frame of a carriage-body, whereon sit thesill-pieces B C, which support the seats. The top plate, F, for the rearseat is supported on the two curved standards E E when the seat is inthe back position, as seen in Fig. 1. The front stand ard, E, issustained by the supporting-lug c, which projects from its outer side,resting upon the sill-plate B. \Vhen the rear seat is in the forwardposition, as in Fig. 2, the front standard, E, is sustained by the saidsupporting-lug comingin contact with the rear standard, E. This lug ewill work only with two standards whose lower ends are pivoted ondifferent vertical planes.

The front seat, G, is supported on a single standard, H, the lower endof which is pivoted to the sill-plate O. This standard is free at alltimes to turn forward, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, and itmay turn backward or down, as shown in Fig. 2, whenever the stop-lever Iis thrown forward. The said stop-lever is pivoted on the same bolt 70 asthe front-seat standard, but is not rigidly connected to said standard.The stop-lever has at its rear side a lateral lug or stop-shoulder, Z,which comes in contact with the rear side of the standard I, and therebylimits the backward movement of said standard. A connectingbar, N, hasone end pivoted to the stop-lever at o and its other end pivoted to thefront standard of the rear seat at 1). It will thus be seen a shiftingof the rear seat will move the stop-lever of the front-seat standard.\Vhen the rear seat is in the back position, as in Fig. 1. thestop-lever will be set to brace and sustain the front standard upright,and at the same time the front standard, without any change of positionof the stop-lever, may be turned forward toward the dash, as indicatedby broken lines. \Vhen the rear seat is in the forward position, as inFig. 2, the front seat may be either back and down or forward toward thedash.

A desirable construction is here shown for the combined pivot of thefront standard and its stop-lever, and consists of a pivot-boss, g, onthe side of the lug s of the sill-plate G, and alike pivot-boss, g, onthe side of the stop-lever I. The end of the front standard,H, has oneach side a socket, 1', which receives the said pivotbo'sses. The bolt7r passes through the bolt-hole k and serves to confine the partstogether; but the movement of the standard and the stop-- lever is onthe pivot-bosses.

The connecting-bar N is made of two pieces, which are united by a slot,t, in one piece and two set-screws, n, on the other piece occupying thesaid slot. By this construction of connecting-bar two results areobtainedfirst, the position of the stop-lever I with respect to thefront standard, H, and rear standard, E, may be adjusted by shorteningor lengthening the connecting-bar, and, second, the two sill-plates B Cmay be set nearer together or farther apart.

My invention includes a connecting bar made in two pieces and adjustableas to length, whether a stop-lever be used or not, because such a barmay be employed with useful results, as last stated, where it isdirectly connected to the standard of the front seat.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States- 1. The combination of two seats, eachhaving supporting-standards pivoted at their lower ends, and aconnecting-bar composed of two pieces united by set-screws,.whereby toadjust its length, as set forth.

2. The combination of a seatstandard pivoted at its lower end, apivot-ed stop-lever.hav-

ing a stopshoulder which comes in cont-act connecting-bar composed oftwopieces united with one side of the said standard, a second byset-screws, whereby to adjust its length, and seat-standard pivoted atits lower end, and a having one piece pivoted to the stop-lever andconnecting-bar having one end pivoted to the the other piece to thestandard of said second I 5 stop-lever and the other end to the standardseat, as setforth. of said second seat, as set forth. In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature in 3. The combination of a seatstanda rdpivthe presence of two witnesses. oted at its lower end, a pivotedstop-leverhav- GEO. H. HUTTON.

ing a stop-shoulder which comes in contact \Vitnesses:

J OHN E. MoRRIs, E. F. LEIGH.

with one side of the said standard, a second seat-standard pivoted atits lower end, and a

